It’s still unclear what a prosecution of SNC-Lavalin would achieve that a remediation agreement would not. Should a prosecutor extend an invitation to negotiate a deferred agreement it is not a guarantee that such an agreement will be offered at the conclusion of discussions. Much has been made of the “national economic interest” that can not be considered in such cases. Yet as I have mentioned before, tediously no doubt, judgments in the U.K. have approved deferred prosecution agreements in similar circumstances. “You know what, maybe that’s something that could be the subject of some guidelines,” Jull said.

Source: thestar March 26, 2019 19:07 UTC